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The Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) is a research centre hosted at King's College London and supported by the ONS.

We provide research on economic statistics for the modern economy. 📈
Missed the UNSW-ESCoE Conference on Economic Measurement 2025 at UNSW Sydney?

Recordings from keynote and plenary sessions are now available: tinyurl.com/e4uavejm

@kevinfoxecon.bsky.social @graftonquentin.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Can payment flows reveal the hidden interdependencies shaping our economy?

That’s now possible thanks to a new Office for National Statistics dataset.

Find out more in this ESCoE paper by Kerstin Hötte: tinyurl.com/2jrd4a34
January 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
We caught up with young people after ESCoE's Festival of Social Science event @kingsbschool.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to find out what they learnt and enjoyed and how the workshop will help them as they think about future study or work.

Full video: tinyurl.com/48scryh7
December 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Missed ESCoE's autumn 2025 webinar series?

Recordings are available on our website: www.escoe.ac.uk/webinars/

@kingsbschool.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
ESCoE Leadership Executive members Kevin Fox, Darren Morgan, Rebecca Riley and Paul Schreyer, along with ESCoE's Erwin Diewert are contributing to the International NSI SNA25 and BPM7 Roundtable hosted at UNSW Business School.
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
What are the most significant challenges in the implementation of SNA25and BPM7 and how can academics help? We find out from 4 NSI leaders Andre Loranger (StatsCanada), Vipin Arora (U.S. BEA), James Benford (UK ONS) and David Gruen (Australian Bureau of Statistics) in our Plenary chaired session.
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This morning’s Contributory sessions include presentations from ESCoE Research Associates Larissa Marioni @niesrorg.bsky.social on using new sources of data to understand skill development and supply and @nguyendavid.bsky.social (Stanford) on measuring consumer surplus at scale.
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Keynote from @graftonquentin.bsky.social (Australian National University) today on estimates of well-being for individual countries. #EconStats2025
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The final sessions of the day featured three ESCoE papers presented by ESCoE/ @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social PhD students Russell Black and Juan Reyes and ESCoE Director Rebecca Riley .
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
How can we measure productivity in healthcare?

Today's second keynote from Catherine de Fontenay (The Australian Productivity Commission) @pc.gov.uk dives into this important topic.

Read about related ESCoE work: tinyurl.com/ym97ybnc #EconStats2025
December 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
ESCoE Research Associate Julia Wdowin bennettschool.cam.ac.uk presenting ESCoE work on shadow prices and valuing wind energy.
Read more about the project: tinyurl.com/5n7sy766 #EconStats2025
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The first keynote of the conference is from Vipin Arora (Director, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis ).

Vipin is discussing recent and planned data quality improvements at BEA. #EconStats2025
December 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Great to be kicking off the UNSW-ESCoE Conference on Economic Measurement 2025 at UNSW Sydney.

The conference brings together researchers to improve measurement and understanding of data that informs policy and business decisions.
#EconStats2025
December 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A new ESCoE discussion paper by Andrea De Polis, Ana Galvao and Ivan Petrella explores how high-frequency data (like debit card spending) can help us track UK economic activity on a weekly basis: tinyurl.com/376vm869

Weekly estimates help anticipate official releases and improve decision-making.
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Great to host a workshop for ESCoE PhD students and Early Career Researchers @kingsbschool.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social earlier this month.

Find out more about ESCoE's research programme: escoe.ac.uk/research
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
How can we understand turning points in the economy before official statistics are released?

A new ESCoE Discussion Paper by @yannisgalanakis.bsky.social & Anthony Savagar offers an exciting answer.

Paper: tinyurl.com/ecmw9evj
Video: youtu.be/9qc47eYYeTc
Dashboard: tinyurl.com/448znpnz
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
How can we combine different types of job seekers into one measure?

A new paper by Martin McCarthy links “effective searchers” to index number theory for the first time, offering new insights for labour market analysis: tinyurl.com/3dvxduda
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"If the question is relevant, even an imperfect answer can be powerful."

We spoke with Marta Paczos - Senior Economic Adviser at the Department for Business and Trade & ESCoE secondee - about bridging research & policy through the Micro-Data Infrastructure project: escoe.ac.uk/introducing-...
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We also had posters showing career stories within research.

This included careers around research, with posters from our Events Coordinator and Communications Manager.

@kingsbschool.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What kinds of careers can you build in and around research, and how do you get started?

Career stories from ESCoE researchers and staff members.

@joshmartinecon.bsky.social @stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How much would you need to be paid to give up social media for a month? 📱

Interesting reflections on screentime and productivity in this session with @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk's @johnlpoquiz.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
What were you doing yesterday at 5:30 - 6pm? 🤔

The first session with @francescafolia1.bsky.social used time use survey data to explore how work practices differ between remote and office workers.
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
First, we had an intro from ESCoE Director Rebecca Riley
on the importance of survey data for understanding society and how ESCoE uses surveys in our research.
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This morning we hosted an ESRC Festival of Social Science event at @kingsbschool.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social with around 70 16-18 year olds from London schools.
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Why is job reallocation slowing down across Europe?

A new ESCoE paper by Filippo Biondi, Sergio Inferrera, Matthias Mertens & @jmirandal.bsky.social finds that the pace at which jobs move between firms has declined steadily since 2000: tinyurl.com/y4cb48ue
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM